Elm (Schwalbach (Saar))

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Elm
Coat of arms of the Elm district
Coordinates: 49 ° 17 ′ 50 ″  N , 6 ° 50 ′ 36 ″  E
Area : 1.13 km²
Residents : 5040  (April 1, 2013)
Population density : 4,472 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66773
Area code : 06834
Elm (Saarland)
Elm

Location of Elm in Saarland
The parish church of St.Josef in the Elmer district of Derlen
The parish church of St.Josef in the Elmer district of Derlen

Elm is a district of the Saarland community Schwalbach in the Saarlouis district and has 5040 inhabitants.

geography

Breakdown of localities and location

Elm is located about 1 km east and southeast of the municipality capital Schwalbach, and about 2 km northeast of Bous . To the east of the village are Püttlingen and Köllerbach , north of the Saarwellingen district of Schwarzenholz and south of the Völklingen district of Röchlinghöhe .
Elm is divided into the districts of Sprengen, Elm, Derlen and Knausholz , which extend from Sprengen in a south-westerly direction in the Sprenger Bachtal.

history

The four villages in the Sprenger Bachtal (Knausholz, Derlen, Elm and Sprengen) were combined into one municipality in 1938, which was given the name Elm / Saar. As part of a regional and administrative reform , the municipality of Elm / Saar in the Bous district came to the municipality of Schwalbach with effect from January 1, 1974.

religion

Until 2007 there were two Catholic parishes and parishes in Elm : St. Josef in Derlen and Maria Himmelfahrt in Sprengen. Since July 20, 2007 they have been part of the parish and parish Heilig Kreuz Schwalbach.

Culture and sights

Buildings

In Elm, there are several buildings that as individual monuments in the monument list are listed in the Saarland. These include the Sanders Mill from 1854, a community cattle shed from 1906, a farmhouse from 1900, and the Catholic parish church of St. Josef by the architect Peter Marx, built in the neo-Gothic style between 1900 and 1904 .

Green spaces and recreation

The local recreation area Mühlenthal is located in the center of Elmer on the course of the Sprenger Bach .

Sports

The Elm Stadium, a hard playing field with 400-meter lanes, and the Elm sports field with a grass field are located in Bachtalstrasse.

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

Elm has a gym and festival hall.

traffic

The state road L 140, coming from Bous, runs through Elm and has a junction with the federal motorway 8 about 1 km northeast of Elm . There is a connection from Sprengen on the one hand to Schwalbach and on the other to Köllerbach via the state road L 139. A road leads from Derlen to Püttlingen.

literature

  • Loris, Josef: The village of Knausholz; in: Die Dörfer uff da Bach , Volume 1, Schwalbach 1994, pp. 17-29.
  • Rihm, Paul: History and stories of the 14 mills in the Sprenger Bachtal

Web links

Commons : Elm (Schwalbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Community Schwalbach / Saar: Figures / facts . Schwalbach-saar.de. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 808 .
  3. ↑ Document on the establishment of the parish and parish Heilig Kreuz Schwalbach On: cms.bistum-trier.de. Retrieved July 7, 2013
  4. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list of the Saarlouis district (PDF; 347 kB). Retrieved July 7, 2013
  5. ^ Mühlenthal in Elm . Schwalbach-saar.de. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  6. ↑ Sports fields . Schwalbach-saar.de. Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.
  7. ↑ Gym and festival hall . Schwalbach-saar.de. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2013.